Example sentences of "[to-vb] we to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In your labours in the Vestment Guild you are creating things of beauty to lead us to the wonder of God . |
| 2 | To remove charitable status , at a cost of some five million pounds a year to Save The Children Fund , to relegate us to the status of a quango , is absolute rife nonsense . |
| 3 | Romans 8:29 tells us that God 's goal in our relationship with him is to conform us to the image of his Son . |
| 4 | What we were doing was a half-hour walkabout to accustom us to the feel of the birds . |
| 5 | We had no friends or family to accompany us to the church . |
| 6 | Our young gallant here , ’ he waved his hand contemptuously at Geoffrey , ‘ was asked to accompany us to the parapet but it 's well known he 's terrified of heights . ’ |
| 7 | You did n't have to adjust the scale much , either , to reduce us to the sort of distant irrelevance of this bedraggled field . |
| 8 | However , this is not intended to condemn us to the conclusion that changes in society are the chance results of unrelated factors . |
| 9 | Several transports were sent to convey us to the camp , and they were certainly less basic than the RAF ones we were used to , and when we arrived at the aircraft hangar where the jollifications were being held , it was ablaze with coloured lights and swarming with people , and a seven piece band was being very loud on the platform . |
| 10 | On our way home via New York , some ‘ dear ’ friends ( as in generous ) , fixed us a stretch limo to take us to the airport . |
| 11 | Britten , by contrast , makes his Passacaglia the centrepiece of his drama , and uses the form to take us to the heart of Grimes 's tragedy . |
| 12 | We found that the walk to Fuglafjell was farther ( and much rougher ) than we had anticipated , so we persuaded a fisherman to take us to the bird cliffs in his boat . |
| 13 | We can tell that the writer is eager to take us to the climax . |
| 14 | The car which we had ordered to take us to the station never appeared , and we travelled instead in a dilapidated tonga . |
| 15 | But we need our own voice and vote at the top table to take us to the heat of Europe , not leave us on the periphery . ’ |
| 16 | Paul Ingouf then said that they wished to take us to the spot where the aircraft had crashed . |
| 17 | Eventually a man from the tower arrived , and a little bus came to take us to the aircraft . |
| 18 | It was certainly true that now , when at last it looked as if we might have our prahu , an increasing number of extremely sinister nakodas were approaching us with offers to take us to the Aru Islands . |
| 19 | A truck waits on the shore to return us to the world of air-conditioners , crisp white sheets and hot showers , a world sustained by the river , and one whose insatiable demands are destroying it . |
| 20 | By the time somebody finds them there 'll be nothing to link us to the killings . ’ |
| 21 | To reintroduce us to the joys of story telling round the log fire , Signals rounded up a slightly disconcerting group of five contemporary writers , all strange to me . |
| 22 | ‘ As long as we are ready , the ebb will leave behind fertile ground to sustain us to the future that is the true value of the visit of the festival to this area . |
| 23 | Consideration of these facts should be enough to alert us to the possibility that the totality of our being may be much more than just the physical body , and that we may not be in any sense only machines . |
| 24 | Justifiable regrets , therefore , about the effect of the iconoclasts ' activities on the nation 's ecclesiastical heritage should not be allowed to blind us to the sincerity of their motives . |
| 25 | Afterwards he 'll offer us all houses and pensions , and take us up to London to show us to the King . ’ |